GUINNESS ATKINSON FUNDS AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
GUINNESS
XXXXXXXX FUNDS
AMENDMENT
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
THIS
AMENDMENT
dated
this 28th
day of
March, 2006, to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement, dated April
28,
2003, as amended August 23, 2005, (the “Agreement”), is entered by and among
Guinness
Xxxxxxxx Funds,
a
Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), Guinness
Xxxxxxxx Asset Management, Inc.,
a
Delaware corporation (the “Advisor”) and Quasar
Distributors, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the
parties have entered into an Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement;
and
WHEREAS,
the
Trust intends to create additional funds and change the fee schedule;
and
WHEREAS,
the
Trust, the Advisor and the Distributor desire to extend said Agreement to apply
to the added funds and the fee schedule; and
WHEREAS,
Section
10, paragraph A of the Agreement allows for its amendment by a written
instrument executed by all parties.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
the
parties agree as follows:
Exhibit
A
and Exhibit B of the Agreement is hereby superseded and replaced with Exhibit
A
and Exhibit B attached hereto.
Except
to
the extent amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized
officer on one or more counterparts as of the date and year first written
above.
GUINNESS XXXXXXXX FUNDS | QUASAR DISTRIBUTORS, LLC | |
By: ______________________________ | By: ________________________________ | |
Name:____________________________ | Name:______________________________ | |
Title: | Title: | |
GUINNESS XXXXXXXX ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC | ||
By:_______________________________ | ||
Name:____________________________ | ||
Title: _____________________________ |
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Exhibit
A
to
the Guinness Xxxxxxxx
Amended
and Restated Distribution Agreement
Fund
Names
Separate
Series of Guinness
Xxxxxxxx Funds
Name of Series | Date Added | |
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Asia Focus Fund | 4-28-03 | |
Guinness Xxxxxxxx China & Hong Kong Fund | 4-28-03 | |
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Global Innovators Fund | 4-28-03 | |
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Global Energy Fund | 6-30-04 | |
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Alternative Energy Fund | 3-31-06 | |
Guinness Xxxxxxxx Asia-Pacific Dividend Fund | 3-31-06 |
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